>>>>>>The Koran says Muslims should capture and dominate the planet?
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>>>>We're talking about historic periods when there was constant jostling between tribes and creeds all of whom fought to expand and secure their position. The Bible reflects this too... there are hundreds of examples but lets start with this from Samuel 15:2,3:
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>>>>This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.'
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>>>>Is there historical context for what seems to be indiscriminate vengeance? Of course there is, and such Biblical passages are read and considered every day by clerics and other believers who would not dream of applying such behaviors today. But if it's OK to uncritically snip sections of Koran to "prove" a modern basis of violence, it has to be OK from the Bible as well. In which case some people need to review the Bible's commentary about casting the first stone.
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>>>I love how you selectively form your arguments. Sure you can pull the same kind of commentary from the bible, but how many Christians are sending their children to markets here in the U.S., with bombs attached to their chests? I'm sure you'll have a cute quote or something to nullify this, so I'll just sink back into the swamp again..... bye...
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>>And yet certain Christians find 'proof' in the Bible that Jesus hates gays and justification for bombing abortion clinics and shooting doctors therein. The members of Westboro Church find plenty of 'proof' in their Bibles to justify picketing funerals for returning soldiers, etc. It's all in the 'eye of the beholder'.
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>In - ter - pre - ta - tion,
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>It's makin' me hate ...
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>( with apologies to Carly Simon )

Isn't that what I said?